Ingredients for Dal
- Toor / Arhar dal - 1 cup
- Water - 3 cups
- Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Ingredients to cook Vegetables
- Onions - 1 small sliced thin
- Tomato - 2 small
- Baby eggplants - 2
- Lady finger - 6 to 8
- Drum sticks - 8 to 10
- Lauki - 1/2 cup cubed into 1 inch pieces
- Water - 3 cups
- Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - 2 tsp or to taste
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Asafetida/ Hing - a pinch
- Curry leaves - 8 to 10
Jaggery - 2 tbsp
Sambar powder - 1&1/2 to 2 tbsp
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
Ingredients for Tadka
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Asafetida - a pinch
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Dry red chili whole - 2
- Curry leaves - 4 to 5
You may add a small piece of ginger and 3-4 green chillies with the vegetables. I did not add the green chilies since it becomes too spicy for my family. You may also use any seasonal vegetable available in the market including gourds, pumpkin, potato etc. If you want to make it for the festival like Onam etc, you may leave the onions out.